List of Franklin & Marshall College alumni

Here follows a list of notable graduates of Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Arts

• Richard Altick, Class of 1936, literary scholar known for his pioneering contributions to Victorian Studies as well as for championing both the joys and the rigorous methods of literary research
• Franklin Schaffner, Class of 1942, Oscar-winning film director (Patton, Planet of the Apes)
• Glen Tetley, Class of 1946, choreographer
• Ed Flesh, Class of 1953, art director, designed wheel for Wheel of Fortune^[1]
• Roy Scheider, Class of 1955, Academy Award-nominated actor (Jaws and All That Jazz)
• Dick Orkin, Class of 1956, radio announcer and commercial producer
• James Lapine, Class of 1971, Pulitzer Prize-winning and Tony Award-winning playwright (Sunday in the Park with George, Into the Woods)
• Treat Williams, Class of 1973, actor (Hair, Prince of the City, TV's Everwood)
• Piers Halley, Class of 1991, President of Pittsburgh Institution of Art and Culture
• Jennifer Gareis, Class of 1992, actress (TV's The Bold and the Beautiful, The Young and the Restless)
• Spliff Star, Class of 1996, rapper and hypeman for MC Busta Rhymes
• Jason Narvy, Class of 2002, actor (Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers)
• Dominic Akena, current sophomore, xylophone player, subject of Emmy-winning documentary War/Dance; member of the Delta Sigma Phi Fraternity

Government and law

• John Weinland Killinger, Class of 1843, U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania (1859–1863, 1871–1875, 1877–1881) *
• Thomas Bard McFarland (1828-1908), associate justice of the Supreme Court of California
• J. Roland Kinzer, Class of 1896, U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania (1930–1947)
• William I. Troutman, Class of 1927, Judge and U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania (1943–1945)
• John P. Saylor, Class of 1929, member of U.S. House of Representatives, environmental advocate
• Eugene Shirk, Mayor of Reading, Pennsylvania (1964–1968, 1972–1976)^[2]
• Edwin D. Eshleman, Class of 1942, U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania (1967–1977)
• William H. Gray, Class of 1963, U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania (1979–1991); House Majority Whip (1989-1991); President of United Negro College Fund (1991–2004)
• Kenneth Duberstein, Class of 1965, White House Chief of Staff under Ronald Reagan
• The Hon. D. Brooks Smith, Class of 1973, Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (2002–present); former Judge on the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania (1988-2002) (Chief Judge 2001-2002)
• Jeffrey M. Lacker, Class of 1977, President of the Federal Reserve Bank, Richmond, Virginia
• Mary Schapiro, Class of 1977, chairwoman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
• Patricia Harris, Class of 1977, former First Deputy Mayor for the City of New York; current CEO of Bloomberg Philanthropies
• Paula Dow, Class of 1977, Attorney General of New Jersey (2010–present)
• Jane Orie, Class of 1984, former State Senator of Pennsylvania, convicted in March 2012 of 14 counts of forgery, conflict of interest and theft of services, which included 5 felonies
• Ken Mehlman, Class of 1988, campaign manager for George H.W. Bush, former chairman of the United States Republican Party, 2005–2007
• Barry Finegold, Class of 1993, Massachusetts State Senator
• Justin McShane, Class of 1998, nationally-known criminal defense trial attorney who specializes in forensic science

Business

• George Frederick Baer, Class of 1861, President of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad
• Martin L. Scott, Class of 1971, co-founder of Jem Records and Passport Records
• Wanda Austin, Class of 1975, president and CEO of The Aerospace Corporation
• David Best, Class of 1975, President, co-founder of The Doctor's Channel
• Richard Lee Plepler, Class of 1981, CEO, HBO (Time Warner)^[3]
• Rob Shepardson, Class of 1983, founding partner of advertising agency SS+K
• Raje Singh, Class of 2004, head of finance for international operations at Airbnb

Science and medicine

• Theodore E. Woodward, Class of 1934, Nobel Prize nominee; renowned medical researcher
• David Simons, Class of 1943, NASA physician, established altitude record of 102,000 feet in a helium balloon in 1957, testing equipment that would used by astronauts
• Denis A. Cortese, Class of 1966, CEO and President of the Mayo Clinic (2003–present)^[4]
• David A. Ansell, Class of 1974, doctor and author
• William Bevan, former president of the American Psychological Association
• Anne Hultgren, chemist

Athletics

• Frank (Sprig) Gardner, Class of 1930, National Wrestling Hall of Fame (1986); Mepham High School (New York) Wrestling Coach (1937 - 1955 * (minus 3 years for active duty in U.S. Navy during WW II)); Franklin & Marshall College Athletic Hall of Fame (Wrestling) (1992).
• Bowie Kuhn, Class of 1948, Commissioner of Baseball (1969–1984)
• Don Wert, attended in 1957, MLB player
• Jeff Rineer, attended 1974–75, former MLB pitcher
• Peter Schaffer, Class of 1984, sports agent; columnist for the Washington Post, and star of the Esquire Network docuseries titled "The Agent."
• Michael T. Dee, Class of 1985, CEO, San Diego Padres (2009–present)^[3][5]
• Matt Steinmetz, Class of 1986, journalist and sportscaster
• Mark St. Amant, Class of 1990, author of Committed: Confessions of a Fantasy Football Junkie and Just Kick It: Tales of an Underdog, Over-Age, Out-of-Place Semi-Pro Football Player; contributor to the New York Times and ESPN
• Chris Finch, Class of 1992, Assistant Coach of the Houston Rockets

Religion

• Willam R. Rathvon, CSB, Class of 1873, Christian Science practitioner, lecturer, Church director and the only known eyewitness of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address to leave an audio recording of his impressions^[6]

Academia

• David Bowman Schneder, Class of 1880, second President of Tohoku Gakuin University (1857–1938)
• William Edwin Hoy, Class of 1882?, founder of Tohoku Gakuin; missionary to Japan and China, (1858–1927)
• Andrew Truxal, Class of 1920, president of Hood College and Anne Arundel Community College
• James J. Whalen, Class of 1950, president of Ithaca College (1975–1992)
• Keith Hamm, Class of 1969, Edwards Professor of Political Science at Rice University
• Paul R. Brown, Class of 1972, eighth president of Monmouth University
• Louise Burkhart, Class of 1980, ethnohistorian and scholar of Mesoamerican literature; professor of anthropology at University at Albany, SUNY
• Henry Kulp Ober former President of Elizabethtown College

Military

• Richard Winters, Class of 1941, WWII officer and veteran of D Day, Market Garden, Carentan and the Battle of The Bulge; main character in Band of Brothers; member of Delta Sigma Phi Fraternity
• Richard P. Mills, Class of 1972, Lieutenant General, U.S.M.C. Deputy Commandant for Combat Development and Integration and Commanding General, Marine Corps Combat Development Command

Other

• Clifford Pickover, Class of 1979, author and IBM researcher
• Scott Ritter, Class of 1979, anti-war activist
• Saah Kirk, Class of 2015, anti-r activist

References

1. Slotnik, Daniel E. (July 21, 2011). "Ed Flesh, Designed the Wheel of Fortune, Dies at 79". The New York Times.
2. "Shirk Beats Guldin's Bid For Mayor". Reading Eagle. 1963-11-06. Retrieved 2014-02-23.
3. "America's Best Private Colleges". Forbes. December 9, 2009.
4. "A CONVERSATION WITH DENIS A. CORTESE, M.D., PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, MAYO CLINIC". Archived from the original on September 6, 2008. Retrieved 2009-10-10.
5. Center, Bill (July 17, 2013). "Mike Dee returns as Padres President, CEO". San Diego Union-Tribune.
6. Eyewitness at Gettysburg February 15, 1999, NPR